Charles Leonard Booth, (7 March 1925 – 21 March 1997) was a British

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in the second half of the Twentieth century.

Education

Booth was educated at Heywood Grammar School and

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Military service

Booth was a

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in the

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from 1943 until 1947.

Career

Booth joined

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in 1950. He was Third then Second Secretary in

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from 1951 to 1955. He was at the

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from 1955 to 1960. He was First Secretary in

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from 1960 to 1963; then

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of Chancery at

from 1963 to 1964, and at

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from 1964 to 1967. He became a Counsellor in 1968 and after that was Deputy High Commissioner in

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from 1969 to 1971. He was

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from 1971 to 1973; Counsellor in

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from 1973 to 1977;

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from 1978 to 1982; and finally, High Commissioner to

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from 1982 to 1985.

Honours

He was awarded the honour of Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1961. In that same year he was awarded the

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. In 1979 he became a CMG.BOOTH, Charles Leonard’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201
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References

Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Myanmar High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malta People educated at Heywood Grammar School Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 1925 births 1997 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Royal Artillery officers {{UK-diplomat-stub